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"Effort" Idioms & Phrases with "Effort"
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Effort
A Last Ditch Effort »
(one last try before one quits...)
A Slave To Something »
(one spends all of one's time and effort on that thing...)
A Thorn In Someone’s Side »
(it nags at you; it wastes your time an effort; it regularly gives you pain...)
An A For Effort »
(i see that you tried very hard; i respect your hard work...)
An All Out Effort »
(one uses all of one's effort...)
And Something To Spare »
(it did not take all of one's effort; we were still not exhausted...)
Bend Over Backwards To Do Something »
(make an extra effort; try extra hard to do it...)
Downhill All The Way »
(easy, comfortable, and not requiring a lot of effort...)
Have A Go At Something »
(try it; make an effort...)
Sink Or Swim »
(a situation where one will either make a great effort, or fail...)
Take Great Pains To Do Something »
(make a very true effort; try hard...)
Without Batting An Eye »
(With no sign of exerting effort...)
Worth Someone’s While »
(One will gain alot from the effort of doing that...)
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